Comparison of Concussion Education Programs

NCT04492696 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 40500
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 118
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Importance: Concussion underreporting leads to delays in diagnosis and treatment, resulting in prolonged recovery. Athletes' report of concussion symptoms is therefore an important component of risk reduction. Numerous educational interventions to improve concussion knowledge and reporting exist. Objective: Evaluate the comparative efficacy of three concussion education programs in improving concussion-reporting intention. Design: Randomized clinical trial conducted from August 2018 to October 2018, with assessment before, immediately after, and one-month after educational intervention.

Conditions

Concussion, Brain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Improvement in concussion reporting intention among athletes

  All primary and secondary outcomes, besides those related to concussion knowledge, were assessed based on athlete responses, on a 10-point Likert type scale ranging from 1=strongly disagree to 10=strongly agree, to specific questions related to that domain. A composite measure for each outcome was created by summing athletes' responses and dividing by the number of questions asked, resulting in outcomes scaled from 1 to 10. A composite measure created based on the inverse of athlete responses to five questions about their concussion-reporting intention (i.e., whether they would continue playing with a concussion during "the beginning of the season," "a practice," "the middle of the season," "during a championship game," and "at the end of the season").

  1 month

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Improvement in concussion knowledge among athletes

  1 month

• Improvement in concussion attitudes among athletes

  1 month

• Improvement in concussion perceived normative beliefs among athletes

  1 month

• Improvement in concussion perceived behavioral control among athletes

  1 month

Study Arms (3)

Crashcourse

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

CC uses an approach to providing concussion education informed by user-centered formative design research studies. The program features an interactive "choose your own adventure" approach to navigate the learner through the content, and is guided by near-peer Division I collegiate football athletes

Other: Education

CDC Video

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

CDC-Vi is an online learning module developed by the CDC and the National Federation of State High School Associations Learning Center. Learners progress through the curriculum sequentially completing each unit before proceeding to the next. The primary narrator of CDC-Vi is Dr. Mick Koester, Chair of the NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee

Other: Education

CDC Written

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

CDC-Wr consists of educational PDFs available for download from the CDC website, as part of the CDC's "Heads Up" brain injury awareness initiative. The PDFs used for the CDC-Wr condition were specific to high school athlete concussion education

Other: Education

Interventions

Education OTHER

Education

CDC Video; CDC Written; Crashcourse

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 19 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: American football players
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Athletes from three high school football teams in California.
• In attendance for practice on both study dates
• Provided signed assent and parental consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Did not complete more than 50% of the questionnaire.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Stanford University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Stanford University

Stanford, California, 94305, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Brain Concussion

Interventions

Educational Status

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Injuries, Traumatic; Brain Injuries; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Craniocerebral Trauma; Trauma, Nervous System; Head Injuries, Closed; Wounds and Injuries; Wounds, Nonpenetrating

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principle Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 23, 2020
• First Posted: July 30, 2020
• Study Start: August 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: October 31, 2018
• Study Completion: October 31, 2018
• Last Updated: July 30, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL

Locations

US (1)